The ABC comedy scores ten nominations, while the FOX music drama bags twelve including four nods in music categories.
- Dec 9, 2015
AceShowbiz - "Black-ish" and "Empire" dominate the list of TV nominations for the 47th annual NAACP Image Awards. The ABC sitcom lands ten nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series which is also vied for by "House of Lies", "Key & Peele", "Orange Is the New Black" and "Survivor's Remorse".
The sophomore comedy helps its stars Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Laurence Fishburne and Marsai Martin earn a nod each in acting categories. Miles Brown is up against Fishburne in Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series race, and is pitted against co-stars Marcus Scribner and Marsai Martin for Outstanding Performance by a Youth. The show also lands a nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series (Kenya M. Barris).
"Empire" nabs eight nominations in TV field, but if you count the show's nods in music categories (four), it leads among other nominees in all genres with a total of 12 nominations. The Lee Daniels-co-created series eyes Outstanding Drama Series, facing up against "Being Mary Jane", "How to Get Away with Murder", "Power" and "Scandal".
Terrence Howard is nominated for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, while Taraji P. Henson joins Gabrielle Union ("Being Mary Jane") Kerry Washington ("Scandal"), Nicole Beharie ("Sleepy Hollow") and Viola Davis ("How to Get Away with Murder") in contention to be Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series.
The hit FOX drama earns two nods in Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Bryshere Y. Gray and Jussie Smollett) and one in Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Grace Gealey). Co-creators Daniels and Danny Strong are additionally picked as nominees for Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series.
Also collecting multiple nominations are "How to Get Away with Murder", "American Crime", "Scandal" and "Orange Is the New Black" among others. Network wise, ABC leads the pack with a total of 28 noms, followed by BET with 13 mentions.
The winners in all categories, including movie and music, will be announced in a two-hour ceremony that will be broadcast live Friday, February 5 at 9 P.M. ET (PT tape-delayed) on TV One.
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
- Michael B. Jordan
- Misty Copeland
- Pharrell Williams
- Shonda Rhimes
- Viola Davis
- "Black-ish" (ABC)
- "House of Lies" (Showtime)
- "Key & Peele" (Comedy Central)
- "Orange Is the New Black" (Netflix)
- "Survivor's Remorse" (Starz)
- Andre Braugher, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (FOX)
- Anthony Anderson, "Black-ish" (ABC)
- Don Cheadle, "House of Lies" (Showtime)
- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, "Ballers" (HBO)
- RonReaco Lee, "Survivor's Remorse" (Starz)
- Gina Rodriguez, "Jane the Virgin" (The CW)
- Loretta Devine, "The Carmichael Show" (NBC)
- Tracee Ellis Ross, "Black-ish" (ABC)
- Uzo Aduba, "Orange Is the New Black" (Netflix)
- Wendy Raquel Robinson, "The Game" (BET)
- David Alan Grier, "The Carmichael Show" (NBC)
- Laurence Fishburne, "Black-ish" (ABC)
- Mike Epps, "Survivor's Remorse" (Starz)
- Miles Brown, "Black-ish" (ABC)
- Terry Crews, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (FOX)
- Anna Deavere Smith, "Nurse Jackie" (Showtime)
- Danielle Brooks, "Orange Is the New Black" (Netflix)
- Laverne Cox, "Orange Is the New Black" (Netflix)
- Marsai Martin, "Black-ish" (ABC)
- Tichina Arnold, "Survivor's Remorse" (Starz)
- "Being Mary Jane" (BET)
- "Empire" (FOX)
- "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)
- "Power" (Starz)
- "Scandal" (ABC)
- LL Cool J, "NCIS: Los Angeles" (CBS)
- Morris Chestnut, "Rosewood" (FOX)
- Omari Hardwick, "Power" (Starz)
- Terrence Howard, "Empire" (FOX)
- Wesley Snipes, "The Player" (NBC)
- Gabrielle Union, "Being Mary Jane" (BET)
- Kerry Washington, "Scandal" (ABC)
- Nicole Beharie, "Sleepy Hollow" (FOX)
- Taraji P. Henson, "Empire" (FOX)
- Viola Davis, "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)
- Alfred Enoch, "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)
- Bryshere Y. Gray, "Empire" (FOX)
- Guillermo Diaz, "Scandal" (ABC)
- Joe Morton, "Scandal" (ABC)
- Jussie Smollett, "Empire" (FOX)
- Cicely Tyson, "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)
- Danai Gurira, "The Walking Dead" (AMC)
- Grace Gealey, "Empire" (FOX)
- Naturi Naughton, "Power" (Starz)
- Regina King, "American Crime" (ABC)
- "American Crime" (ABC)
- "Bessie" (HBO)
- "Luther" (BBC America)
- "The Book of Negroes" (BET)
- "The Wiz Live!" (NBC)
- Cuba Gooding Jr., "The Book of Negroes" (BET)
- David Alan Grier, "The Wiz Live!" (NBC)
- David Oyelowo, "Nightingale" (HBO)
- Idris Elba, "Luther" (BBC America)
- Michael Kenneth Williams, "Bessie" (HBO)
- Angela Bassett, "American Horror Story: Hotel" (FX Networks)
- Aunjanue Ellis, "The Book of Negroes" (BET)
- Jill Scott, "With This Ring" (Lifetime)
- LaTonya Richardson Jackson, "Show Me a Hero" (HBO)
- Queen Latifah, "Bessie" (HBO)
- "Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm" (ABC)
- "News One Now" (TV One)
- "Oprah Prime: Celebrating Dr. King and the Selma Marches 50 Years Later" (OWN)
- "Oprah: Where Are They Now? - Civil Rights Special" (OWN)
- "Unsung" (TV One)
- "Melissa Harris-Perry" (MSNBC)
- "Steve Harvey" (Syndicated)
- "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" (Comedy Central)
- "The Talk" (CBS)
- "The Wendy Williams Show" (Syndicated)
- "Dancing with the Stars" (ABC)
- "Iyanla: Fix My Life" (OWN)
- "Shark Tank" (ABC)
- "The Voice" (NBC)
- "Welcome to Sweetie Pies" (OWN)
- "Black Girls Rock!" (BET)
- "Family Feud" (Syndicated)
- "Oprah's Master Class" (OWN)
- "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" (Comedy Central)
- "The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore" (Comedy Central)
- "Doc McStuffins" (Disney Junior)
- "Dora and Friends" (Nickelodeon)
- "K.C. Undercover" (Disney Channel)
- "Little Ballers" (Nickelodeon)
- "Project MC2" (Netflix)
- Hudson Yang, "Fresh Off the Boat" (ABC)
- Marcus Scribner, "Black-ish" (ABC)
- Marsai Martin, "Black-ish" (ABC)
- Miles Brown, "Black-ish" (ABC)
- Skai Jackson, "Jessie" (Disney Channel)
- Steve Harvey, "Family Feud" (Syndicated)
- Melissa Harris-Perry, "Melissa Harris-Perry" (MSNBC)
- Bryant Gumbel, "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" (HBO)
- Trevor Noah, "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" (Comedy Central)
- Larry Wilmore, "The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore" (Comedy Central)
- "August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand" (PBS)
- "Belief" (OWN)
- "Kareem: Minority of One" (HBO)
- "Light Girls" (OWN)
- "Muhammad Ali: The Peoples Champ" (BET)
- Alan Yang, Aziz Ansari, "Master of None" - "Parents" (Netflix)
- Jennie Snyder Urman, "Jane the Virgin" - "Chapter Twenty-Three" (The CW)
- Jill Soloway, "Transparent" - "Kina Hora" (Amazon Video)
- Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Jay Martel, Ian Roberts, Rebecca Drysdale, Colton Dunn, Phil Augusta Jackson, Alex Rubens, Charlie Sanders, Rich Talarico, "Key & Peele" - "Y'all Ready For This?" (Comedy Central)
- Kenya M. Barris, "Black-ish" - "The Word" (ABC)
- Erika Green Swafford, Doug Stockstill, "How to Get Away with Murder" - "Mama's Here Now" (ABC)
- John Ridley, "American Crime" - "Episode 1" (ABC)
- LaToya Morgan, "Turn: Washington's Spies" - "False Flag" (AMC)
- Lee Daniels, Danny Strong, "Empire" - "Pilot" (FOX)
- Mara Brock Akil, Jameal Turner, Keli Goff, "Being Mary Jane" - "Sparrow" (BET)
- Dee Rees, "Bessie" (HBO)
- Lawrence Hill, Clement Virgo, "The Book of Negroes" (BET)
- Michael S. Bandy, Eric Stein, "White Water" (TV One)
- Nzingha Stewart, "With This Ring" (Lifetime)
- Shem Bitterman, "Whitney" (Lifetime)
- Aziz Ansari, "Master of None" - "Parents" (Netflix)
- Brad Silberling, "Jane the Virgin" - "Chapter Twenty-Three" (The CW)
- Don Cheadle, "House of Lies" - "The Urge to Save Humanity is Almost Always a False Front for the Urge to Rule" (Showtime)
- Peter Atencio, "Key & Peele" - "The End" (Comedy Central)
- Stan Lathan, "Real Husbands of Hollywood" - "Cabin Pressure" (BET)
- Ernest Dickerson, "Hand of God" - "Welcome the Stranger" (Amazon Video)
- John Ridley, "American Crime" - "Episode 1" (ABC)
- Lee Daniels, "Empire" - "Pilot" (FOX)
- Millicent Shelton, "American Crime" - "Episode Ten" (ABC)
- Salim Akil, "Being Mary Jane" - "Sparrow" (BET)
- Christine Swanson, "For the Love of Ruth" (TV One)
- Dee Rees, "Bessie" (HBO)
- Nzingha Stewart, "With This Ring" (Lifetime)
- Rusty Cundieff, "White Water" (TV One)
- Salim Akil, "The Start Up" (BET)
- Aisha Tyler, "Archer" (FX Networks)
- Audra McDonald, "Doc McStuffins" (Disney Junior)
- Jeffrey Wright, "The Good Dinosaur" (Disney/Pixar)
- Loretta Devine, "Doc McStuffins" (Disney Channel)
- Wanda Sykes, "Penn Zero" (Disney XD)